5-4-3 double play.

Last night, I was online catching up on the baseball gossip in the New York papers when I came across the following observation in the New York Daily News about two of the current 'great' Yankee players, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez and it just resonated in the cerebral files.

How Is It That Jeter, An Inferior Player In Almost Every Measure, Commands So Much More Respect?

One Hall of Famer's View: "Alex Rodriguez is a better hitter, he has a better glove, better range, a better arm and he's a better baserunner. But Derek Jeter is a better baseball player."
What he means is that Jeter has that knack for the big hit, the big play, doing little things needed to win.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/story/448938p-377940c.html

The sum of the parts, the moment that you will always remember, that one little thing that makes the outfit - is that the intangible difference that makes Jeter the players' player.

The reason that this resonated with me was that it's such a simple but astute observation. It's an analogy which could apply to so many facets of your life; it’s where the sum of the parts just doesn’t add up, not the 2+2=5 effect (synergy) but the converse, the 2+2=3 effect. And it's through no fault of your own that you can't find the right synergy or just for things to add up as you predicted.

I guess you just have to make peace with it - it's life's very own version of the classic 5-4-3 double play.

I do love baseball, I am completely useless during the play-offs in October, watching or listening to games on the internet throughout the night, number 42 is my inspiration both current and historic holders of the jersey.

Go Yankees!